Labour Supply Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 7212, in the Administrative and Support Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Labour Supply Services (ANZSIC class 7212) across Australia, June 2025
- 14,229 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Labour Supply Services (ANZSIC class 7212) across Australia, June 2025
- 7,609 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Labour Supply Services (ANZSIC class 7212) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 3,445 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Labour Supply Services (ANZSIC class 7212) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 3,037 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Entries and exits compare two 30 June counts. They are not counts of openings and closures.
- The ABS adjusts its counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so a small number or a zero is approximate, not proof that no such business exists.
Summary of the ABS class definition
In this class, the ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in supplying their own employees to clients' businesses on a fee or contract basis. Assignments are usually temporary and performed under the supervision of staff of the client business, at the client’s work site.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Contract labour service
- Labour on-hiring service
- Labour staffing service
- Labour supply service
- Temporary labour hire service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing specialised activities on own account (sole trader) are classified based on the nature of those activities
- providing the entire workforce, including the supervisory staff to others, are classified according to the activity being undertaken
- listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for permanent employment are included in Class 7211 Employment Placement and Recruitment Services
- providing human resource management services to clients or managing public figures are included in Class 6962 Management Advice and Related Consulting Services
The ABS page for class 7212 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 14,229 businesses |
| Non-employing | 7,609 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 3,208 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,606 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 1,530 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 276 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By turnover
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| Zero to less than $50k | 3,224 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 4,412 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 4,329 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,027 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 521 businesses |
| $10m or more | 716 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Entries and exits, 2024-25
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| At the start of the year | 13,821 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 3,445 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 3,037 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 14,229 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 4,844 businesses |
| Victoria | 3,393 businesses |
| Queensland | 3,078 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,616 businesses |
| South Australia | 818 businesses |
| Tasmania | 194 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 182 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 102 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 15 October 2026.
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3: Businesses by main state by industry class by turnover size ranges (8165DC03.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 16 October 2026.
Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas digital boundary file, 2026 (GCCSA_2026_AUST_SHP_GDA2020.zip). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0): the detailed classification. Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 26 June 2013, checked 16 October 2026.
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